UUID data type

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Synopsis

The UUID data type represents Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs). A UUID is a sequence of 32 hexadecimal digits separated by hyphens (8 digits - 4 digits - 4 digits - 4 digits - 12 digits) representing the 128 bits.

Description

type_specification ::= UUID

Examples

ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff
{aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa}
12341234-1234-1234-1234-123412341234